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W. A. KILMER & SWANBUM REEL. Arrmpmxon PILED mm; 26, who.

mvsmons WITNESSES holding other wire produrts.

To all whom it may COW/687%.

Be it known that We, lVFLLTAn Ai'ni's'ri's KILMER and SANFORD SWANRL'H.both of l)e Kalb, in the county of DQlGIll) and t lulc of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Reel, of which the following is a lull, clear.and exact description, reference being had to the ncc'mnpanyinudrawings.- forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is aperspective YlOW ot the reel. and Fig. 2 is a similar view. show ng thecoil or bundle of barbed wire \round on and secured to the reel: andFig. a view on a smaller scale showing the reel eollapsml.

Our invention is designed especially to provide a reel or spool forholding barbed Wire fencing, although it may be used for it has lurenthe common practice in the. art to reel the barbed Wire fencing as it isformed in the machine upon a reel or spool made of Wood. having Woodenend pieees and wooden connecting! pieces on which the wire is Wound.Voodoo reels are clumsy in appearance and their luck of strength hasoften resulted in serious trouble, for when a reel breaks the. coil ofbarbed Wire cxponds and makes a snarl which is dilticult and sometimesdaug'erous to handle. Our invention overcomes all those ditliculties andprovides a' spool which is stronger, lighter and cheaper than thedevices heretofore employed. it holds the wire with greater security andaltogether makes a stronger. more eonrenand more easily handled pnclnigcfor shipment to the consumer. These advanages are of practicalinnvortanco and will b appreciated by those who are tam-i h thediilicnlties experienced V'llll t. dcrioes which have been employedlierru fore.

The drawings show the, pref red coir struclion of our reel or spool andare wil now descrihe it, promising that. those skilled. in the a C maymodify '2 in various Ways within the scope of the i1 i-ntion defined inthe following claims.

strands of Wire coiled at the ends ER, M'AE SACHT' ably being" that ofan elongated ellipse, the middle portion of which, on opposite sides, isoent inward. forming interengaging loops 2. which lie in conjunctionwith one another and present a single eye for the insertion of a hollowarbor and pin when he spool is applied in a Wire barbing machine. Theinvention is, of course, not limited to making the end pieces B ofsingle pieces of wire. The ends of the piece B when made of :1 singlepiece of Wire are looped or Welded together. as at 3, thus holding theend pieces firmly together. This construe tion is especially desirablebecause it has considerable elasticity, and as the reels are subjectedto rough handling, often being thrown from railway cars to theplatforms. such elasticity renders them less liable to break. Theelongated construction of the end piece also gives a trussed effectwhich contributes greatly to the strength.

The cro s-pieces C. are preferably single around the end pieces. thusbinding: them together flexibly so that the entire reel, before it isput into use, can be, turned into a flat condition. as illustrated inFig. 3. and thus readily packed or stored. taking but little room. Thisovercomes a. serious objection of the wooden reels. which. on accountottheir bulky Form. tool: up a la rue amount of room in the warehouse. itbeing necessary, in a. largewire barhing factory. to keep such r ls instock in very large numbers.

i winding the wire on the reel we support the reel upon a frame.preferahl consirurl'ed as shown in and forming the subiert matter of ourdivisional case, Serial No. 12W. tiled December 28, 1909, for a supforWire reels.

Eur invention in its broader claims is notlinziled to the collapsingfeature of the reel. or to other features ot construction. unlessspecifically recited in the several claims.

We claim .l. A reel for wire comprised of two end pieces and crossconnecting wires hinged thereto. each of id end pieces being formed froma single length of wire. bent to outline two similar trianges, the basesof the triangles being opposed and separated by a cir cular ei'e, formedliom the connecting porlions of the wire which out-lines the triarglcs,substantially described.

2. A reel for wire composed of two end In testimony whereof, We havehereunto pieces and cross connecting Wires hinged set our hands.thereto, each of said end pieces being formed from a single length ofWire bent to outline 5 two similar triangles, the triangles beingconnected by opposed Ushaped overlamiing Witnesses: loops, whereby a,circular eye for an arbor M. A. DownALL, is formed, substantially asdescribed. '1. D. TEMPLE.

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS KIIAMEH- SANFORD SWANBUM.

